Happy Fall Y'all!

 Happy Tuesday everyone! On the Cheery Lynn Blog today I share a Autumnal Equinox greeting. Fall is my favorite time of the year...crisp mornings, colorfuln leaves, pumpkins!!! Naturally I wanted to share this fall greeting! I distressed some kraft core card stock and crumpled up the papers. I diecut my leaves and brought out veins with chalks. I layered my sentiment on leaves and a doily and a distressed background. I created a focal flower with the sunflower die and used the fringe strip of the black-eyed susan for the center. Some burlap string and a molded bee embellishment completed the card

Cheery Lynn Dies used

Sunflower - DL121
Dimensional Small Leaves #1 - D133
Black Eyed Susan Strip - B338
Lilith Doily w/ Angel Wing - DL263
Thank you for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my project!

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Remember there is still time to join the new challenge!!! Challenge #151 is Die Cut Flowers There is a chance to win a $20 shopping spree at Cheery Lynn Designs. Thank you for stopping by today!

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May Arts Retro Craft Challenge

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I am honored to be once again featured for the May Arts Ribbon Blog Retro Color Themed Craft Challenge! Hop on over and show me some love and see all the other fantastic projects!

The colors of the ribbons represented reminded me of the 50s, diners and bobby socks and girls in poodle skirts with their hair up tied in a wispy scarf, and scooters and bicycles with streamers flowing as they go. 

This is my modern translation of the streamer/scarf. I used the 4 yummy ribbons that were sent to create the flowing "streamer scarf" and then added a checkered Rainbow Loom woven band and some Rainbow Loom Charms  of a mug of root beer, a hamburger and an ice cream soda with cherry on top!

TIP : To curl the blue sheer ribbon, I wrapped it around a pencil, zapped it with a heat tool until it was warm to touch. I allowed it to cool on the pencil and then pulled the pencil out and let the curl fall with its own weight. 

My model is quite happy with her new wispy hair accessory!

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Weekly Challenge | Welcome Spring!

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges our challenge is Welcome Spring! Little Bird just screams Spring to me...the "poms" in the Mix Them Up paper pack looks like fun little spring flowers and is perfect for our wee bird! A luscious May Arts Ribbon finishes off the card!
~I hope you enjoy my card! Thank you for stopping by!

Little Bird

Mix Them Up Digital Paper Pack

Card stock : Bazzill

Markers : Spectrum Noir 

Accessories : Foam Tape, Wink of Stella Clear, May Arts RIbbon, Beacon 3in1

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This week's theme :

WELCOME SPRING

Challenge Rules below

We are being sponsored by the fabulous

http://thecharmbarn.com

Your Prize:

$15 store certificate

Now it's Your Turn!

You are not required to use a Digital Delights 

Image to join in the fun 

but if you do, you can enter THAT project TWICE.

To enter twice when using a Digital Delight image,

for your 1st entry use your card link.

For your 2nd entry use your blog address

 and add "2nd entry" after your name

Otherwise, only ONE entry person

**Please be sure to follow the challenge theme and rules or it will be removed.

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Heating up Love with a Valentine Ornament

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May Arts Halloween Challenge | A Spooktacular Welcome

Happy Monday everyone! I am honored to be a part of the May Arts Halloween Challenge! I created a hanging Halloween Door Decor! If you enjoy what you see, please go over to the May Arts Blog and show my project some love there too!

The base of each panel is 6×6" and has a bubbly paint texture. I then layered Burlap paper, and distressed parchment with May Arts Ribbons and die cuts to create a spooktacular effect! May Arts Ribbons for this project were used in the following ways :

XA38 Pom-Pom Edged Wire Ribbon is used as both a decorative edge and as bows for the Hanging Door Decor.

BX28 Sheer Spider Web Ribbon is used for bows.

SK10 1¼" Black Silk Ribbon is fashioned into soft ruffles for a decorative edge and provides the hanging loop and tails for the panels to attach.

SM08 Black Burlap String is used to create the broom for the last panel

Additional Materials

Cheery Lynn Die Cuts 
Fanciful Flourish - B117

Spiderweb - DL162

Going Batty - A194

Plaid Folk Art Paint

Bazzill Book Board

Miracle Tape

Ranger Distress Ink 

Dollar Tree Skeleton

Die Cuts with a View Burlap Paper

Black Bazzill Card Stock

White Parchment Card Stock

Ranger Distress Glitter

Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear

Chop Stick and some braided raffia in my stash

E6000

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Something Wicked Spooktacular Card

Today I am sharing a Spooktacular Halloween card that I made using Marion's Something Wicked Halloween Mini Book Printable as a guest blogger on the Artsy Addicts Blog--Check me out!. 

for this card :

Something Wicked Halloween Mini Book Printable

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies : Daisy Strip B259, Embellishment #2 B188, Build a Flower #2 B187, Felicity with Angel Wing DL239 and Felicity Tiny Doily DL243

Black Soot Distress Ink

Distress Glitter

Bazzill Basics Card Stock

May Arts Ribbon

Arts Glitter, Foam Tape and 3D Zots.

Thank you for looking! 

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Celebrate America with Viva Las VegaStamps!

weekly Digital Delights Challenge can be found here

Summer unofficially has started where I am...school is out, the temperature is getting H O T and it is the season of flags. From Memorial Day to Labor Day these next 3 months are full or red-white-blue flag-waving opportunities for my family and I love it! This is probably the time of the year that I am most emotional about the freedoms that have been afforded us by the lives and duties of others.

Viva Las VegaStamps has a plethora of stamps that could be used to celebrate America. I think my favorite are the photo stamps that look like vintage posters. They are simply gorgeous. For my tag today  I selected a stamp that has a collage of fireworks, the American flag, the statue of liberty and the rotunda of classic American architecture.

I've paired this beautiful stamp--which happens to be the perfect size for an ATC also--with upholstery remnants, May Arts ribbons and trim and some metal  embellishments. Miracle Tape adhered the paper to the fabric snuggly and Distress Ink colored the stamp to give that vintage feel! I hope you enjoy my tag! Thank you for stopping by!

If you love Viva Las VegaStamps and want to have over 19,000 images at your fingertips to express you passion, remember that the Design Team Call has been extended to Friday!! You can't make the team if you don't try out! Good Luck!

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Spring Craft Challenge with May Arts RIbbon!!!

 I'm so excited to share with you this fantastic opportunity that I had recently!!! I was selected to participate in the May Arts Spring Release Challenge!!!

I got to play with all of these yummy new ribbons that were recently released...I will admit that the Burlap is my fave! So many possibilities there. I incorporated my favorite felting and beading with these fabulous ribbons to create my amulet bag. Be sure to check on the May Arts Blog for lots of terrific inspiration! YOU could also win some yummy spools of ribbon--be sure to check it out!!! 

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Best Chick in Show with VLVS!

Happy Saturday Everyone! Leslierahye here and in my part of the world the season has changed to Spring and we are about a week away from Easter. That means we will have lots of Easter events in the community and at the school celebrating the Spring Holiday. When I saw the May Arts Ribbons that the Viva Las VegaStamp team were given to work with, the wide twill ribbon looked like it needed to be made into some sort of winner ribbon! So, I bring you the award for Best Chick in Show! Hop on over to the Viva Las VegaStamp! Blog to check out all the details!

I hope you enjoy my project! Thank you for looking! 

A N N O U N C I N G

Join us all week starting Monday the 25th on the Viva Las VegaStamps! and Clearsnap blogs for inspiration using beautiful stamps and beautiful inks! 

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It's Time to be Kind!

The inspiration for my tag today came from the Viva Las VegaStamps! Be Adorable stamp. I had purchased this stamp along with a plate and never had really read it. It didn't dawn on me for several weeks that it had wisdom in the form of simple commands from a to z : Be adorable, be brilliant, be crazy, be daring be excellent, be FUN....be kind... . Upon realizing the true extent of this stamp I felt that it embodied things I believe and have tried to instill in my children. It embodied feelings I have recently expressed about current events in the world. I needed to incorporate this stamp and remind people that NOW is the time-- the time to be caring, to be thankful to be wise to be kind and among others, to be NICE. I hope you enjoy my project! Hop on over to the Viva Las VegaStamps blog to learn how I created this tag!

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A Steampunk Valentine with VLVS!

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